Parked my leased 2017 outback in my driveway last night with nothing overhead, no trees, etc. This morning there was a large crack in the windshield which began at the bottom of the glass on the passenger side and continued on for over 15 inches. Total mystery.
2017 Subaru Outback visibility complaints
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My factory-installed windshield cracked spontaneously while driving at highway speeds 4 months after purchase. The crack immediately spread to over a foot long. I replaced the windshield with oem glass. Less than a week after replacement, it cracked again, while decelerating on an off- ramp. Again, the crack was immediately over a foot long. Both times, there was no apparent rock or reason for cracking, nothing around that would have kicked something up. Both cracks started near the top of the windshield, but neither started on an edge.
My windshield has cracked without being hit by anything across the bottom near the wipers. My battery continues to die for no reason that I can find, even after I have replaced it. I don't leave the lights on or anything and I can come back to my car and I have to jump it. I have also been in it after driving it, stopped and turned the car off and listened to the radio and 10 minutes later I go to turn the car back on and it's completely dead. After I get it going the gate will beep continuously while it is still closed and I have to reset the whole vehicle to get the beeping to stop. I took it to get checked and they told me to replace the battery. When I got the battery checked for power nothing seemed to be wrong with the battery. And yet this continues to happen.
Windshield cracked in a "t" while vehicle was parked in garage with no apparent rock chip in window.
My wife came out of work and noticed a large crack running from the top/center of the windshield down and towards the driver side of the vehicle. The vehicle was parked from 6:30 am to 3:30 pm and was not near another vehicle. The windshield was crack free on her drive into work and she did not have anything hit the window while driving. There are no signs of any sort of impact on the windshield and there was no debris (I.e sticks, pinecones, rocks) on the vehicle when she came out of work. Vehicle was parked in a small parking lot on the air national guard base where she works.
Windshield spontaneously cracked while it was parked overnight in our under-house parking space. Crack begins at the very top of windshield, about 3.5 inches from driver side edge of windshield, and proceeds diagonally for about 19 inches, definitely into driver's viewing area. No sign of rock or other damage anywhere near this crack.
Vehicle was purchased 30 dec 2016. Full windshield replacement by subary dealer on 11apr2018, 1 year 3 mos from initial purchase due to a small rock hitting while driving on highway, passenger side, lower corner edge. 31oct2019, 1 year 6months since full replacement, another crack appears in the windshield, lower section, middle of windshield. This time we we had the spot filled because it was very minor and had not "spidered". 18apri2020, 6 months since last crack, another crack from rock while driving on highway, driver side lower corner edge. It spidered on impact to the point that we will have to have the entire windshield replaced by the dealer. This is very frustrating since we have had several difference vehicle brands and this is the only car that has had repeat cracking of the windshield. There must be a design flaw.
My 2017 subaru outback touring cracked my windshield.
Two issues: - windshield - I came out of the gym to see a huge crack in my windshield. On the very next day as I was driving on the interstate a what I assume a small rock hit my windshield and another crack spread across the windshield. -leather driver car seat - within only two years of use, the car seat is ripped in several places. Nothing has ever happened to warrant such rips.
I had to replace my windshield on my 2017 outback 02/14/2020 and again on 03/21/2020. I didn't notice any direct impact on my windshield. Advanced auto glass in weatherford, tx was the glass company that did the replacement. Then the second time didn't notice crack either. Never heard impact. But advanced showed me a small pin sized impact area in the lower part of windshield, the part that's black. The crack was too long to just fix. So waited till the crack extended to in from of driver side.
Large crack in windshield appeared out of nowhere. Vehicle was stationary.
Cracked windshield
Noticed a crack in the windshield. No impact or event caused the event. Filed claim with my insurance company. We noticed crack after a couple of minutes driving after stopping for lunch.
There are two cracks on the windshield, including areas that don't seem to have been able to be hit by road debris (on the very edge, protected by body trim. These were discovered and haven't been connected to any obvious piece of road debris or dings. They were just discovered in a normal visual inspection prior to driving.
Within one year of owning my new subaru I went through 3 windshields. All 3 times I was traveling on a highway while on vacation. Each time I had to pay out of pocket totaling $1500. Early last year 2018 I once again had to have my windshield fixed.
Replaced cracked windshield with oem twice, 6/17/2017 and 6/7/2018
Replaced cracked windshield with oem replacements twice, 6/19/2017 and 6/7/2018
Windshield crack in the middle of the day while driving to work on a local streets street. It's the bay area in cali, so the weather was around 60 f. There were no sign or chipped or anything.
In motion on a highway, windshield cracked. Crack could not be repaired and required replacement of windshield. Replacement cost was in the amount of auto insurance deductible of $500.
Was driving down the road and a crack appeared in the windshield. The crack quickly grew to cover a large portion of the driver's field of view.
On feb, 22, 2018 while driving south on i35 from norman to purcell, oklahoma the front windshield of our 2017 subaru outback shattered completely. The glass remained in the frame of the car but was fractured into innumerable pieces. The traffic ahead of us was greater than 100 yards and I witnessed no debris airborne before the glass failed. When we arrived at our destination several people inspected the windshield yet none of us could determine a point of impact,either by the direction of the fractures or by an indent in the glass.
My front windshield cracked for no reason. The vehicle was parked in my garage
My windshield developed a crack starting from the bottom center, right where the windhield heating element is. The vehicle was in motion but nothing hit the windshield, I just heard a pop and saw the crack appear and in a matter of minutes it was half way up. Ended up replacing the windshield with an aftermarket one after subaru of america said they won't cover it.
Windshield cracked and spread at multiple points during moderate temperature fluctuation. Cracked continued to spread over the course of a week. The vehicle was parked at the time the cracks formed and was parked when they speak. Ambient temperature inside the vehicle was 75 degrees f while driving and approx 40-55 f outside.
While driving on residential road with and not hit by any debris or stones - , windshield cracked starting from lower edge section and then across windshield on passenger side.
Parked the car with no crack in the windshield. Warmed up the car in the morning and found a crack when leaving for work. Vehicle was parked when it happened. Crack is located right above the wiper blade and spans in three directions right where the wiper deicer is located. Because of where it is located it could not have been caused by normal driving such as a rock or debris. I believe this to be a defect in the windshield.
Windshield cracked for no apparent reason
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 subaru outback. The contact stated that after stopping the vehicle it was discovered that the front windshield was cracked at the base of the windshield near the middle. The vehicle was taken to the chico subaru (2522 cohasset rd. Chico, ca) who replaced the windshield however, sometime thereafter the replacement windshield also sustained a similar crask. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 6,500.
Ironically on the same day that I had the vehicle inspected per rhode island inspection laws, I parked the car in my driveway after the inspection. I came out a while later to find that the windshield was cracked. When I first observed it, the crack was about 6 inches long. It has now exceed 2 feet in length. I was baffled as to how the windshield cracked but then I subsequently read about how there were lawsuits being filed against subaru because there were numerous others whose windshield were cracking for no reason.
I parked my car in my apartment's parking garage overnight. When I went out to my vehicle in the morning there was a large crack in the windshield approximately 24". There were no cracks or chips in the windshield prior to the windshield failing, nor did any object strike the windshield when it was parked.
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